# 질

| 질 | U+C9C8, &#51656; HANGUL SYLLABLE JIL |
| Composition: | ㅈ + ㅣ + ㄹ |
| ← 짇 [U+C9C7] | Hangul Syllables | 짉 → [U+C9C9] |
지직짂짃진짅짆 짇질짉짊짋짌짍 짎짏짐집짒짓짔 징짖짗짘짙짚짛 :
| 즤 ← | → 짜 |

## Korean
### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕiɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [질]

### Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 質 (“substance; quality”)

#### Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 質)
* quality
    Coordinate term: 양(量) (yang, “quantity”)
    질이 나쁜 종이 ― jir-i nappeun jong'i ― bad-quality paper
    우리는 질 좋은 포도주를 마셨다. ― Uri-neun jil jo'eun podoju-reul masyeotda. ― We had some good-quality wine.
* nature, disposition
    뛰어나게 질이 좋은 학생 ― ttwieonage jir-i jo'eun haksaeng ― an exceptionally brilliant student
    그는 보기와는 달리 질이 나쁜 사람이다.Geu-neun bogi-wa-neun dalli jir-i nappeun saram-ida.Unlike his appearance, he is a bad person.
    어머니는 내가 질이 안 좋은 친구들과 어울리는 것을 싫어하셨다.Eomeoni-neun nae-ga jir-i an jo'eun chin'gu-deul-gwa eoullineun geos-eul sireo-hasyeotda.My mother didn't like me hanging around with a bad crowd.
* matter
    식물 질 ― singmul jil ― vegetable matter

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 質 for Sino-Korean compounds of 질 (質, jil).

### Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 膣 (“vagina”).

#### Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 膣)
* (anatomy) vagina
    Synonym: (vulgar) 보지 (boji)

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 膣 for Sino-Korean compounds of 질 (膣, jil).

### Etymology 3

See the main entries. Palatalization of /ki-/ is the norm in southern and eastern dialects.
Standard Korean 길 (gil, “breaking in”) was formed by hypercorrection in response to this. The original 질 (jil) form is therefore retained by dialects throughout Korea, including those which do not undergo palatalization.

#### Noun

질 • (jil)
* Hamgyong, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, and Gangwon form of 길 (gil, all definitions).
    근데 여기 소남기 저 앞에 가면 질가에 핵교가 있는데 (Gangwon, Goseong)geunde yeogi sonamgi jeo ap-e ga-myeon jilga'e haekgyo-ga inneundeBut if you walk ahead of the pine tree over here, there is a school by the road
* Dialectal form of 길 (gil, “(of animals, tools) being broken in”).

### Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 帙 (“folding case, wrapper”)

#### Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 帙)
* folding case, wrapper (for books)
* Classifier for a set of books. volume

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 帙 for Sino-Korean compounds of 질 (帙, jil).

### Etymology 5

Possibly from 질다 (jilda, “soft, watery”)

#### Noun

질 • (jil)
* potter's clay; unglazed clay

##### Derived terms

* 질그릇 (jilgeureut, “pottery, earthenware”)

### Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 秩 (“official ranks; official salaries”)

#### Noun

질 • (jil) (hanja 秩)
* (historical) official ranks; official salaries

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 秩 for Sino-Korean compounds of 질 (秩, jil).

### Etymology 7

Compare 질질 (jiljil, ideophonic root for spilling liquid).

#### Noun

질 • (jil)
* (ginseng-harvesters' cant) soy sauce
    Synonym: 간장 (ganjang)

### Etymology 8

See the main entries.

#### Verb

질 • (jil)
* irrealis adnominal of 지다 (jida, all definitions): see 지다 (jida), 을 (-eul).
* irrealis adnominal of 질다 (jilda, “to be squishy”): see 질다 (jilda), 을 (-eul).

### Etymology 9

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

질 • (jil)
* 質: quality
    (eumhun reading: 질 (jil)) (MC reading: 質 (MC trijH|tsyit))
* 疾: disease; quick
    (eumhun reading: 질 (jil)) (MC reading: 疾 (MC dzit))
* 秩: order, rank
    (eumhun reading: 질 (jil)) (MC reading: 秩 (MC drit))
* 姪:
    (MC reading: 姪 (MC drit|det))
* 迭:
    (MC reading: 迭 (MC det))
* 跌:
    (MC reading: 跌 (MC det))
* 窒:
    (MC reading: 窒 (MC trit|tet))
* 叱:
    (MC reading: 叱 (MC tsyhit))
* 嫉:
    (MC reading: 嫉 (MC dzijH|dzit))
* 帙:
    (MC reading: 帙 (MC drit))
* 佚:
    (MC reading: 佚 (MC yit))
* 桎:
    (MC reading: 桎 (MC tsyit))
* 膣:
    (MC reading: 膣 (MC trit|tet))
* 侄:
    (MC reading: 侄 (MC tsyit))
* 蛭:
    (MC reading: 蛭 (MC tsyit|trit|tet))
* 瓆:
    (MC reading: 瓆)
* 絰:
    (MC reading: 絰 (MC det))
* 軼:
    (MC reading: 軼 (MC yit|det))
* 躓:
    (MC reading: 躓 (MC trijH))
* 騭:
    (MC reading: 騭 (MC tsyit))
* 垤:
    (MC reading: 垤 (MC det))
* 郅:
    (MC reading: 郅 (MC tsyit))
* 鑕:
    (MC reading: 鑕 (MC tsyit))
* 蒺:
    (MC reading: 蒺 (MC dzit))
* 咥:
    (MC reading: 咥 (MC trhit|det|tet))
* 耋:
    (MC reading: 耋 (MC det))
* 晊:
    (MC reading: 晊 (MC tsyit))
* 抶:
    (MC reading: 抶 (MC trhit))
* 銍:
    (MC reading: 銍 (MC tsyit|trit))
* 袠:
    (MC reading: 袠 (MC drit))
* 瓞:
    (MC reading: 瓞 (MC det))
* 袟:
    (MC reading: 袟)
* 礩:
    (MC reading: 礩 (MC tsyijH|tsyit))
* 祑:
    (MC reading: 祑)
* 昳:
    (MC reading: 昳 (MC det))
* 翐:
    (MC reading: 翐 (MC drit))
* 挃:
    (MC reading: 挃 (MC trit))
* 妷:
    (MC reading: 妷 (MC drit))
* 峌:
    (MC reading: 峌)
* 恎:
    (MC reading: 恎 (MC det))
* 柣:
    (MC reading: 柣 (MC drit|tshet))
* 耊:
    (MC reading: 耊)
* 㗌:
    (MC reading: 㗌)
* 绖:
    (MC reading: 绖)
* 质:
    (MC reading: 质)
* 铚:
    (MC reading: 铚)
* 锧:
    (MC reading: 锧)
* 儨:
    (MC reading: 儨)
* 劕:
    (MC reading: 劕 (MC tsyit))
* 厔:
    (MC reading: 厔)
* 庢:
    (MC reading: 庢 (MC trit))
* 愱:
    (MC reading: 愱 (MC dzit))
* 戜:
    (MC reading: 戜 (MC det))
* 槉:
    (MC reading: 槉 (MC dzit))
* 櫍:
    (MC reading: 櫍 (MC tsyit))
* 洷:
    (MC reading: 洷)
* 潌:
    (MC reading: 潌)
* 眣:
    (MC reading: 眣 (MC trhit|traet|det))
* 眰:
    (MC reading: 眰)
* 秷:
    (MC reading: 秷 (MC trit))
* 紩:
    (MC reading: 紩 (MC drit))
* 胅:
    (MC reading: 胅 (MC det))
* 腟:
    (MC reading: 腟)
* 臷:
    (MC reading: 臷)
* 苵:
    (MC reading: 苵 (MC det))
* 螏:
    (MC reading: 螏)
* 螲:
    (MC reading: 螲 (MC trit))
* 詄:
    (MC reading: 詄 (MC det))
* 豑:
    (MC reading: 豑 (MC drit))
* 豒:
    (MC reading: 豒)
* 貭:
    (MC reading: 貭)
* 㑵:
    (MC reading: 㑵 (MC dzit))
* 㗧:
    (MC reading: 㗧 (MC trit|tet))
* 㘍:
    (MC reading: 㘍 (MC tsit))
* 㜱:
    (MC reading: 㜱)
* 㜼:
    (MC reading: 㜼)
* 㩫:
    (MC reading: 㩫)
* 㲳:
    (MC reading: 㲳 (MC trit))
* 㲺:
    (MC reading: 㲺 (MC tsit))
* 䏄:
    (MC reading: 䏄 (MC tejX))
* 䑇:
    (MC reading: 䑇 (MC tsyit))
* 䜠:
    (MC reading: 䜠)
* 䟈:
    (MC reading: 䟈)
* 䬹:
    (MC reading: 䬹)
* 䱃:
    (MC reading: 䱃)